ICAC’s next Working Group meeting will be on Thursday, February 15. Please join us and state and local officials and representatives for a continuing discussion of our Faith-Based Solution to Homelessness Program.

Our proposal includes safe temporary park for homeless vehicles and small houses/containers on congregation parking lots; local congregation support for the second Oakland Navigation Center; warming centers and other ideas.

Attending with be Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth, Landon Williams of the San Francisco Founda­tion and Alameda County Supervisors Nate Miley and Wilma Chan. Also attending will be Oakland City Councilmembers Re­becca Kaplan, Noel Gallo and Abel Guillén.

Please join ICAC’s Working Group meeting on Thursday, November 9. We will discuss how the faith community can partner with the City of Oakland and Alameda County in developing an action plan for housing the unsheltered and homeless. Joining us for this discussion will be Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf and Assistant to the City Administrator, Joe DeVries.

Join ICAC for a community forum with Alameda County Sheriff, Gregory Ahern. The focus of the moderated conversation will be the handling of undocumented immigrants, homelessness, re-entry support services and the use of military hardware by the sheriff’s office.

Please join the Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) on November 2 as it hosts a press rally event supporting the Alameda County A1 Affordable Housing bond and local housing measures in cities across Alameda County. Supervisor Wilma Chan will be helping to host a press release to promote awareness around these measures. The ICAC will be holding a press rally at the location of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors county office in Oakland to speak about the need to address the affordable housing crisis from a moral perspective. Event will start promptly at 10am on November. All who are a part of the ICAC, along with community members, and clergy are strongly encouraged to attend.

Come and join clergy, community leaders and local officials to celebrate the kick off of the Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) event. The ICAC represents a diverse coalition of faith communities seeking to promote mutual respect, understanding and engagement among the county's diverse faith traditions; mobilize people to serve their community; support religious freedoms; and promote interfaith organizations and activities. The purpose of this event is to bring clergy, community leaders and elected officials to the table to hear about the goals of the ICAC, the history of its formation, the vision it has to create stronger communities and how you can become involved. Dinner will be provided by the East Bay Community Foundation which is near street parking and BART. Space is limited. RSVP is required.